11-11-2010, 01:53 AM | #2202 (permalink) |
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On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
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11-11-2010, 03:28 AM | #2203 (permalink) |
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Also on November 11, 1969, Jim Morrison of the Doors was jailed for "interfering with the flight of an intercontinental aircraft and public drunkenness." The charges were eventually dropped...
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11-12-2010, 02:04 AM | #2204 (permalink) |
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On Nov. 12, 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. The Americans eventually won a major victory over the Japanese.
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11-12-2010, 03:12 AM | #2205 (permalink) |
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Also on November 11, 1970, the Doors made their last appearance with Jim Morrison in New Orleans...
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11-13-2010, 02:50 AM | #2206 (permalink) |
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On November 13, 1968, the Beatles' animated movie "Yellow Submarine" premiered in the U.S...
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11-13-2010, 02:52 AM | #2207 (permalink) |
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Also on Nov. 13, 1956, the Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses.
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11-14-2010, 03:20 AM | #2208 (permalink) |
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On November 14, 1970, Santana's "Black Magic Woman" was released...
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11-14-2010, 04:08 AM | #2209 (permalink) |
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Also on Nov. 14, 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.
Might just be a matter of time before we pass that mile stone on the way back down.
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11-15-2010, 02:22 AM | #2210 (permalink) |
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On Nov. 15, 1969, a quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C., against the Vietnam War
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11-15-2010, 03:07 AM | #2211 (permalink) |
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Also on November 15, 1969, Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa, FL on charges of using "vulgar and indecent language" at a concert. All the charges were eventually dropped...
(i was there...)
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11-16-2010, 02:25 AM | #2213 (permalink) |
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On Nov. 16, 1933, the United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. President Roosevelt sent a telegram to Soviet leader Maxim Litvinov, expressing hope that United States-Soviet relations would ``forever remain normal and friendly.''
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11-16-2010, 03:21 AM | #2214 (permalink) |
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Also on November 16, 1978, the movie version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" opens. The Bee Gees, Peter Frampton and Billy Preston made their acting debuts in the movie...
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11-17-2010, 02:45 AM | #2216 (permalink) |
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Yes, Bobby. Then they spent the next 7 months writing "dude, it rains here A LOT!" in their journals.
Anyway On November 17th, 1869- The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas.
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11-17-2010, 03:04 AM | #2217 (permalink) |
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Also on November 17, 1970, Elton John recorded a show in New York City which was later released as his 11-17-70 album...
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11-17-2010, 12:50 PM | #2218 (permalink) |
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On November 17, 1906 Soichiro Honda was born in Hamamatsu, Japan.
He died in 1991. In his lifetime he was Accorded many Civic honors for his Insight in Piloting his company. His Prelude as a bicycle mechanic made him Fit to begin his Odyssey in automobile manufacturing. Motorcycles and small cars provided his Passport to greatness, and he was in his Element as his company rode the highest Ridgeline of automotive achievement. Did I miss any? |
11-18-2010, 03:09 AM | #2219 (permalink) |
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On November 18, 1987, U2 opened for itself by pretending to be a country-rock group called The Dalton Brothers during a concert in Los Angeles...
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11-18-2010, 04:33 AM | #2220 (permalink) |
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Also on Nov. 18, 1976, Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
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11-19-2010, 03:00 AM | #2221 (permalink) |
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On November 19, 1971, B.B. King marked his 25th anniversary in music by opening a European tour in London...
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11-19-2010, 04:56 AM | #2222 (permalink) |
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Also on Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania
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11-20-2010, 02:52 AM | #2223 (permalink) |
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On November 20, 1994, David Crosby got a liver transplant...
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11-20-2010, 03:48 AM | #2224 (permalink) |
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Also on Nov. 20, 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
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11-21-2010, 03:19 AM | #2225 (permalink) |
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On November 21, 1980, Don Henley was arrested after paramedics treated a nude sixteen year-old girl suffering from drug intoxication at his home in Los Angeles, CA. Henley was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, cocaine and Quaaludes and contributing to the delinquency of a minor...
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11-22-2010, 03:18 AM | #2226 (permalink) |
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On November 22, 1967, Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" was released...
This IS the thanksgiving anthem...
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11-23-2010, 03:23 AM | #2227 (permalink) |
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On November 23, 1979, Marianne Faithful was arrested at Oslo Airport in Norway for possession of marijuana...
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11-24-2010, 03:21 AM | #2228 (permalink) |
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On November 24, 1991, Freddie Mercury of Queen died of AIDS complications at the age of 45...
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11-25-2010, 03:22 AM | #2229 (permalink) |
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On November 25, 1966, The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its London performance debut at the Bag O' Nails Club...
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11-26-2010, 03:28 AM | #2230 (permalink) |
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On November 26, 1968, Cream gave its last concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It was recorded and released as "Goodbye Cream" February 20, 1969...
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Also on Nov. 26, 1942, President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning December 1.
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11-27-2010, 02:59 AM | #2232 (permalink) |
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On November 27, 1967, Capitol Records released the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album in the U.S...
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11-28-2010, 03:13 AM | #2233 (permalink) |
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On November 28, 1974, Elton John and John Lennon sang a duet of "I Saw Her Standing There" at Madison Square Garden in New York. The show was John Lennon's last stage appearance...
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11-29-2010, 03:03 AM | #2234 (permalink) |
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On November 29, 1968, the Who released their first concert record, "The Who Sell Out..."
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
11-30-2010, 03:09 AM | #2235 (permalink) |
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On November 30, 1965, the Colorado State government declared this day to be Rolling Stones Day...
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12-01-2010, 03:11 AM | #2236 (permalink) |
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On December 1, 1968, Janis Joplin made her final appearance with Big Brother & the Holding Company...
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12-01-2010, 06:06 AM | #2237 (permalink) |
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Also on Dec. 1st 1955- Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defied the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. Parks was arrested, sparking a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.
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12-02-2010, 03:06 AM | #2238 (permalink) |
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On December 2, 1972, "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon was released...
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Also on Dec. 2, 1954, the Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R Wis., for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
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